There is SO MUCH pizza in Portland. As a food critic, I could probably make my yearly quota of reviews on the backs of new places attempting the latest and greatest in crust, cheese, and tomato technology.
This means that there are some really bad pizza places (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE), some pizza places I previously panned that got better (apologies to Pizzeria Otto—everyone should go there!), and some pizza places that I just couldn’t get to for a column, despite being super good (OMG Ranch Pizza! Drool).
Here are four new spots that you should try right now, including two restaurants—both originally from San Francisco—caddy-corner from each other in the Pearl that couldn’t be any more different if they tried. Get out there and stretch that cheese.
